Ok guys, I stumbled across this forum recently and found some useful info about this server that I recently came accross. I'd like to stick to some version of linux. I had Opensuse 11.1 installed on this server earlier today as a test and was able to download the support pack for SLES 8.0. When I ran the install script I found it brought the fans to a point that I could deal with. Now if the server had to reboot it wouldn't throttle down the fans again until the script was run again.
So I'm starting at square one. Pretty much where I should have when I got the server. downloaded the support pack and was able to wipe the server clean and reset all settings to default. Fans automatically throttle down when I'm in the setup utility.
I'm pretty familiar with Ubuntu and Debian and I've used opensuse a bit in the past. I was sticking with Opensuse due to it's similarity to SLES.
So, short of installing windows (which I don't really want to do at this point) what free open source OS would be best with this server and allow me to monitor it's health and of coarse lower the fan speed?
Thanks!
So I'm starting at square one. Pretty much where I should have when I got the server. downloaded the support pack and was able to wipe the server clean and reset all settings to default. Fans automatically throttle down when I'm in the setup utility.
I'm pretty familiar with Ubuntu and Debian and I've used opensuse a bit in the past. I was sticking with Opensuse due to it's similarity to SLES.
So, short of installing windows (which I don't really want to do at this point) what free open source OS would be best with this server and allow me to monitor it's health and of coarse lower the fan speed?
Thanks!